Springfield, Vt. — The 15-year-old daughter of the Springfield man who was shot to death in April after confronting a suspected drug user in his neighborhood has died.
Casey Wing has been identified as the girl who died on Saturday after falling 85 feet ...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17981854-95/springfield-vt-girl-dies-at-dam
John Gregg/News/TownByTown/Sharon/46150079@nne.comFri, 31 Jul 2015 04:11:01 GMTWith Pools Closed, Residents Keep CoolFri, 31 Jul 2015 04:11:01 GMTBy Maggie Cassidy
Valley News Staff Writer

Anna Rench, left, of Quechee, and Mo Jensen, 7, soak up the sun and the mist at Old City Falls in Strafford on Wednesday. Rench, Jensen’s nanny, said they had looked forward to spending the day at the falls and were catching fish, swimming and sunning the entire day. Valley News — Sarah Priestap

West Hartford — The Upper Valley fell just shy of a heat wave this week — which is achieved with a hat trick of 90-degree days — but Thursday’s drop into the 80s didn’t mean Monique and Robert Gokey would skip their near-daily dip in the White River.
Lat...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17983866-95/with-pools-closed-residents-keep-cool
MAGGIE.CASSIDY/News/TownByTown/Sharon/46154998@nne.comFri, 31 Jul 2015 04:11:01 GMTTunbridge, Sharon, Royalton To Vote on Ambulance ServiceMon, 27 Jul 2015 19:00:54 GMTBy Maggie Cassidy
Valley News Staff Writer

Paul Winam, an AEMT on the South Royalton Rescue Squad, looks out over the neighborhood on Friday in South Royalton. Valley News — Jennifer Hauck

Tunbridge — The Selectboard will host an informational meeting next week in advance of a special Town Meeting next month where voters will decide if the town can enter into a new ambulance contract with Royalton and Sharon in which all three towns will ow...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17886789-95/tunbridge-voters-to-weigh-in-on-ambulance-deal-with-royalton-sharon
MAGGIE.CASSIDY/News/TownByTown/Sharon/45922101@nne.comMon, 27 Jul 2015 19:00:54 GMTFish Before LunchMon, 13 Jul 2015 19:08:39 GMT

Mike Monteith, of White River Junction, casts a line while fly fishing on the White River in Sharon on Saturday. Monteith said that he planned to fish at several spots along the White River as he worked his way down to Worthy Burger in South Royalton for ...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17736540-95/fish-before-lunch-in-sharon
Patrick OGrady/News/TownByTown/Sharon/45561252@nne.comMon, 13 Jul 2015 19:08:39 GMTJay Alan McPhetresThu, 02 Jul 2015 04:17:02 GMT

Sharon, Vt. — Jay Alan McPhetres, 55, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
Knight Funeral Home in White River Junction has been entrusted with arrangements. A full obituary will follow in a later editio...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17554972-95/jay-alan-mcphetres
VN Prepress2/News/TownByTown/Sharon/45135318@nne.comWed, 01 Jul 2015 04:33:01 GMTNo Time to WasteMon, 29 Jun 2015 15:42:05 GMTBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
Valley News Staff Writer

Mike Swift and his son Olin, 2, go to the transfer center in Strafford every Saturday. Their bagged garbage is loaded into a truck to be hauled away. More provisions of Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law are scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Among the changes, individual households are required to separate out their recyclables and towns must put recycling receptacles alongside waste bins.Medora Hebert photograph

Community College of Vermont students from the Upper Valley make the walk to Shapiro Field House at Norwich University for the commencement ceremony on Saturday. Josh Larkin/CCV photographs

Northfield, Vt. — On his first day of class, drug addict Wayne Miller, 27, of White River Junction, had a plan to scam Community College of Vermont for the value of his tuition check.
On his last day of class, which led to Miller joining hundreds of oth...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17209317-95/a-story-to-tell-ex-addict-from-hartford-graduates-from-ccv-a-changed-man
Matt.honghet/News/TownByTown/Sharon/44313327@nne.comWed, 17 Jun 2015 19:34:23 GMTPersonal Reflections at GraduationMon, 15 Jun 2015 22:41:28 GMTBy Gabriel Brison-Trezise
Valley News Correspondent

Liam Rossier, of Vershire, blows bubbles while waiting to take a senior group photo before The Sharon Academy’s graduation ceremony in Sharon on Sunday. Rossier opted to wear his favorite baseball cap with a tassel instead of the traditional graduation cap. Valley News photographs — Sarah Shaw

White River Junction — Leadership Upper Valley, a program of Vital Communities, graduated 21 last week. The graduation was held June 10 at Harpoon Brewery in Windsor.
The leadership training program runs from September through June. It includes 10 day-lo...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17309848-95/business-notes-june-14-2015
Ernie Kohlsaat/News/TownByTown/Sharon/44553741@nne.comSun, 14 Jun 2015 04:19:03 GMTA Day Loaded With WinnersMon, 08 Jun 2015 15:55:51 GMTBy Poody Walsh
Valley News Correspondent

Sharon Academy junior Robin Chadwell throws the shot put during a preliminary flight at the Vermont Division IV State track and field championships at Green Mountain Union High School in Chester, Vt., on Friday. Valley News — Sarah Priestap

Chester, Vt. — Cheslsea’s Abigail Mattoon needed a better game plan. After qualifying first in the 100-meter hurdles she did something perhaps she shouldn’t have done between qualifying day and the day of the Vermont Division IV state track meet on Friday...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17201042-95/plenty-of-records-fall-at-vermont-division-iv-track-meet
Dave Bailey/News/TownByTown/Sharon/44295585@nne.comMon, 08 Jun 2015 15:55:51 GMTMary Jane RegioneFri, 05 Jun 2015 04:41:07 GMT

Sharon — One miss led to an exhortation, a second to a plea. A third left Sharon Academy boys basketball coach Blake Fabrikant noshing on his tie.
By the 19th miss, Fabrikant knew — his Phoenix wasn’t going to beat Rivendell on Friday night with its free...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/15369900-95/sharon-boys-earna-statement-win
Dave Bailey/News/TownByTown/Sharon/39872669@nne.comSun, 24 May 2015 00:51:54 GMTTunbridge Picks a PrincipalSat, 23 May 2015 04:05:02 GMTBy Matt Hongoltz-Hetling
Valley News Staff Writer

Farnsworth

Tunbridge — A South Royalton native who has earned praise for his work building community ties in the Hartford schools will be the new principal of the Tunbridge Central School.
Scott Farnsworth, guidance and counseling director for the Hartford School D...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/17001767-95/tunbridge-picks-a-principal
Matt.honghet/News/TownByTown/Sharon/43817192@nne.comSat, 23 May 2015 04:05:02 GMTKennedy, Raiders Solid at CVC NorthWed, 13 May 2015 15:55:21 GMTStaff Reports

Windsor — Local athletes made their marks on Tuesday when 10 schools converged on Windsor High’s Murphy-Morse Oval for the Connecticut Valley Conference North track and field meet.
In the girls 200-meter dash, Lebanon’s Corinne Kennedy was first at 25.72...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/16874109-95/local-roundup-kennedy-raiders-solid-at-cvc-north-track-meet
Greg Fennell/News/TownByTown/Sharon/43500785@nne.comWed, 13 May 2015 15:55:21 GMTDUI Suspect Assaulted in JailWed, 13 May 2015 14:58:27 GMTBy Jordan Cuddemi
Valley News Staff Writer

William B. Ferguson is seen in a booking photo taken Sunday night after he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. He was assaulted at a corrections facility while awaiting arraignment on the charge.

White River Junction — Vermont State Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a 57-year-old Connecticut man who was assaulted inside the Springfield corrections facility on Monday morning while he awaited his arraignment later that day.
Wil...]]>http://www.vnews.com/news/townbytown/sharon/16874021-95/dui-suspect-assaulted-in-jail
JORDAN.CUDDEMI/News/TownByTown/Sharon/43500574@nne.comWed, 13 May 2015 14:58:27 GMT